duileasg
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish duilesc (compare Irish duileasc), from Proto-Celtic *doliskos, *duliskos (compare Welsh delysg), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom, be green”).[1]
Noun edit
duileasg m (genitive singular duilisg)
Derived terms edit
- duileasg na h-aibhne m (“pondweed”)
- duileasg nam beann m (“mountain dulse”)
- duileasg-phiobrach m (“pepper dulse”)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| duileasg | dhuileasg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103